Citing heavy customer demand for embedded Linux, QuickLogic Corp. says it has partnered with TimeSys to offer ready-to-run Linux RTOS software development kits (SDKs) for its QuickMIPS family of programmable system-on-chip (SOC) processors. The QuickMIPS SOCs target networking, communications, telecom, and industrial control applications.

The TimeSys Linux RTOS Professional Edition SDKs for QuickMIPS include a real-time Linux distribution for QuickLogic's QuickMIPS chips, along with TimeSys's eclipse-based TimeStorm graphical Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and TimeTrace diagnostic tool.

TimeSys claims to offer the industry's lowest latency open source carrier-grade Linux kernel. The company says TimeSys Linux with real-time enhancements can meet “the entire range of performance requirements” for industrial control, communications, and military applications.

QuickLogic initially launched its QuickMIPS SoCs with support for BlueCat Linux and VxWorks. Later, citing high customer demand for Linux, QuickLogic introduced its own optimized suite of Linux support software for the QuickMIPS processor family.

“With over 75% of our customers evaluating or committed to using Linux as part of their QuickMIPS-based designs, we recognized that we needed to provide a range of solutions,” commented Ian Ferguson, Vice President and General Manager of QuickMIPS Products at QuickLogic.

The TimeSys Linux RTOS Professional Edition SDK for QuickMIPS will be available in beta form in January 2004. It will be priced at $3,795 per developer seat, and licensed on a royalty-free model, TimeSys says.

 
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